Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Domestic Goat

Domestic Goat

A good photo of a fine animal. Illustrates it's article perfectly. And for those who are wondering, this was taken on a slope, and yes it is straight!

Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 06:14, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, all the junk in the picture kills it for me. --Janke | Talk 07:20, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. I'll have to disagree wiht you on that, Janke; I really don't find it distracting. The reason for my weak support is the strage angle the goat is taken at (and how it casts a shadow on itself). NauticaShades^(talk) 07:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I don't mind the strange angle of the goat, but I do find that the composition is a bit lacking. The elements on the right (other goat, farm equipment etc) of the foreground goat aren't necessary and don't really add anything to the image (except the concept that domestic goats tend to congregate in groups and live on farms, I suppose). Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:53, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well if you don't mind me saying so, you've effectively made your commment on the composition redundant - those elements were necessary to show that it was a domestic goat for precisely the reasons you just mentioned. --Fir0002 12:06, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, you don't need to show the environment to demonstrate that it is a domestic goat, but it could help. However, if in doing so, you make the composition unappealing, then that makes the benefits of context redundant for a FPC, as it is less likely to be supported. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:47, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak Support~~ Oppose My only complaint is the shadow, aside from that, it's fine. | AndonicO 14:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Next time, try to get the goat to pose better. :) howch e ng {chat} 20:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Harsh lighting, lack of subject highlighting, composition. doniv 16:38, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - personally I like the unusual camera angle and the goat's pose, even with that slightly irritating shadow - it certainly stands out amongst FPCs which are sometimes manicured to the point where they lose their character. What spoils the picture for me is that odd building in the background and the other undesirable gubbins. - CountdownCrispy ^{( ?} 18:38, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. While the harsh lighting is distracting, I don't think it's distracting enough to prevent this image from becoming a FP. --Tewy 21:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Heavily tilted according to the plank thingies behind the smaller goat. I know most voters here aren't bothered but leans annoy me a lot - Adrian Pingstone 18:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you'd read my initial description you'd have found out that this pic was taken on a hillside. That shed behind the goat is not straight - it is on the same plane as the hillside. The image infact is (near) perfectly straight --Fir0002 05:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aplogies for not reading the intro. I change my comment to "the apparent slope spoils it for me" - Adrian Pingstone 09:18, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Agree with Janke an doniv. --Dschwen 09:45, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --KFP (talk | contribs) 22:14, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]